Accessories

ZAGG invisibleSHIELD Promo: Buy One, Get One Free

For those looking for protection for their iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, MacBook or any other electronics, ZAGG has launched a Buy One Get One (BOGO) promo today. So that means any invisibleSHIELD ordered will include an equal or lesser value shield for free. Definitely sounds like a good idea to stock up on some protection...

Pebble Smart Watch Review

The Pebble e-paper watch first hit the scene last April when it exceeded $1 million in funding in under 48 hours, and eventually ended up with $10.2 million dollars pledged and almost 69,000 backers, making Kickstarter history. I funded the project back on April 12th and finally received my black Pebble more than 10 months...

Pebble: Watch Face SDK Coming in April; v1.9 Firmware Next Week

Pebble has announced its highly anticipated watch face SDK will be available in April and next week a firmware update is coming, version 1.9.  Next week's firmware will rearrange the interface to make a simplified main launcher menu, plus it will include tweaks to improve the text rendering engine to make it easier for developer...

iFixit Completes Teardown of the Pebble E-Paper Watch [PICS]

The folks over at iFixit have completed a teardown of the Pebble e-paper watch, one of the most successful Kickstarter projects in history, started by Canadian Eric Migicovsky, a former RIM employee. iFixit notes in their teardown there is no repairability scale yet on the watch, but they did say replacing parts would be difficult given...

Linquet Mini Bluetooth 4.0 Trackers: “Never Lose Anything Again”

The Linquet Mini aims to help you "never lose anything again" with its small Bluetooth 4.0 powered trackers. This tiny device claims to have 1 year of battery life (with 24/7 use), a range of 30 metres (100 ft), has an audible alarm and flashing lights, a built in temperature sensor and can be customizable...

BoxWave Lightning USB Cable Only $0.99 from Amazon.ca [Update]

If you're looking for extra Lightning USB cables, you might want to consider the following BoxWave 4 foot long cable for just $0.99 from Amazon.ca. This version claims to be 'new and improved' and according to user reviews, it works equally as good as Apple's cables for a fraction of the price. At 99 cents, you...

Apple Lightning AV Adapter Teardown Reveals ARM SoC, 256MB RAM

The Panic blog has made an interesting discovery behind Apple's Lightning digital AV adapter. After noticing the adapter did not display a clean 1080p signal to their TV, they decided to do a teardown. To their surprise, and the rest of the world, here's what they found: Your eyes don’t deceive you — that tiny chip...

VEA Buddy Bluetooth Smart Watch Takes Aim at the Pebble [Indiegogo]

It appears wearable technology is becoming the next trend, as we have seen with the success of the Pebble smart watch (stay tuned for our upcoming review). Given the immense popularity of the latter with over $10 million dollars raised via Kickstarter, others are starting to take notice. France-based VEA aims to venture into the smart...

Pebble Watch Gets New Watch Faces; Over 25,000 Units Made to Date

The Pebble team has announced they have released a couple new digital watch faces today, "Simplicity" and "Times Square". As for their Watchface SDK, that's still under production but the team has been using it to release new faces. The production line is also back on track and so far over 25,000 Pebbles have been...